Vapor-burning apparatus.



No. 632,494.- Patented Sept. 5, I899. A. KITSON.

VAPOR BURNING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Jan. 16, 1899.)

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ARTHUR KITSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE KITSON HYDROCARBON HEATING AND INOANDESCENT LIGHTING COM- PANY, OF SAME PLACE AND CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

VAPOR-BURNING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,494, dated September 5, 1899.

Application filed January 16, 1899. Serial No. 7021 (NO 12105513 To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR KITsON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newaudusefulImprovementsinVapor-Burning Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vapor-burningapparatus; and itmore specifically consists of improved means for producing the most efficient action of the jet of vapor in drawing in the necessary amount of air to the mixing-tube and delivering the combustible mixture so formed to the vapor-burner. I find that slight variations in the adjustment of the jet in the matter of its distance from the neck of the mixing-tube, 850., will make a great difference in the efficiency of the light produced, and I have designed the various forms of adjustable cone-nozzle herein described and shown to most readily produce the necessary adjustment to secure the highest degree of efficiency.

The preferred form of my apparatus, with various slight modifications in details, is shown in the accompanying two sheets of drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional detail view of a part of the vapor-burning apparatus with the adjustable cone in position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the mouth of the mixing-tube. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the mouth of the mixing-tube with the cone in position. Fig. 4 is a detailview of the cone-nozzle with attached ring. Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 1, showing one modified construction. Fig. 6 is a section at right angles to Fig. 5 with the vaporizing-tube removed. Figs. 7 and S are details of the cone-nozzle shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Figs. 9 and 10 show another modified form. Figs. 11 and 12 show a still further modification.

Throughout the drawings like referencefigures refer to like parts.

1 represents a portion of the chimney or other part of the lamp-frame.

2 is a vaporizing-tube; 3, the mixing-tube, having the enlarged mouth 4, with throat 5, of smaller cross-section.

6 is the discharge-opening in the vaporizing-tube. In front of the discharge-opening I arrange an adjustable cone 7, whose smaller end is approximately equal in cross-section to the throat of the mixing-tube. This cone may be mounted in various ways to secure its adjustment to and from the vaporizing-tube, so as to locate it in the position for producing the most eflicient action.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3,

and 4 the cone '7 has extensions 8 and S,which' through slots 13 13 in the mouth of the mixing-tube and screwed into the extensions 8 S 7 from the injector-cone.

In the modification shown in Figs. 9 and 10 the extensions 8 S of the cone are bent out at right angles, as shown at 14 14. The setscrews 15 15 pass through these bent-over portions and bear on the lugs 16 16, formed by bending out portions of the metal on the mixing-tube mouth.

In the construction shown in Figs. 11 and 12 a slightlydifferent form of cone 17 is shown, having a cylindrical extension 18. This cone has a hoop-shaped extension 19, which is welded or otherwise fastened to a crossbar 20, which passes through slots 21 21 in the mouth of the mixing-tube and can be held in any desired position by means of the thumb-nuts 22 22.

In all these various constructions the vaporizing-tube is held in fixed relation to the mixing-tube, so far as the distance of the discharge-opening from the mouth of the mixing-tube is concerned, while the lamp parts are assembled for operation. The vaporizingtube can of course be withdrawn for cleaning and replacement; but its position relative to the mixing-tube cannot be changed during the operation of the lamp.

The mode of operating my invention is clear from the foregoing description.

By loosening the set-screws or 12 the cone 7 may be raised or lowered until it reaches a position which produces the best result in any particular lamp. The same result will be obtained in the construction shown in Figs. 9 and 10 by turning the adjusting-screws 15 to right or left. In the construct-ion shown in Figs. 11 and 12 the thumb-nuts 22 22 are loosened and the cross-bar lifted up or down until the proper position is secured, when the thumb-nuts are screwed down to hold the cone 17 in that position. In the construction shown in Figs. 9 and 10 the eX- tensions 8 8 are bent outward slightly, so as to guide the cone-nozzle and center it in the mouth of the mixing-tube.

It is evident that various changes could be made in the details of the apparatus described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention so long as equivalent means for adjusting the cone-nozzle are employed.

Having therefore described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vapor-burning apparatus the combination of the mixing-tube, the vaporizingtube discharging into the mixing-tube and in fixed relation thereto, and an adjustable cone located within the month of the mixing-tube and in the line of discharge from the vaporizing-tube, substantially as described.

2. In a vapor-burning apparatus the combination of the mixing-tube having an enlarged mouth, the vaporizing-tube discharging into the mouth of the mixing-tube and in fixed relation thereto, the movable cone-nozzle whose smaller end is approximately equal in cross-section to the throat of the mixingtube and which is located within the said enlarged mouth of said mixing-tube, and means for adjusting said cone-nozzle in various positions between the discharge-opening of the vaporizing-tube and the throat of the mixingtube, substantially as described.

3. In a vapor-burning apparatus the combination of the mixing-tube having an enlarged mouth, the vaporizing-tube discharging into the mouth of the mixing-tube and in fixed relation thereto, the movable cone-nozzle whose smaller end is approximately equal in cross-section to the throat of the mixingtube and which is located within the said enlarged month of said mixing-tube, and adjusting-screws by which said cone-nozzle may be held at varying distances from the throat of the mixing-tube,substantially as described.

4. In a vapor-burning apparatus the combination of the mixing-tube having an enlarged mouth, the vaporizing-tube discharging into the mouth of the mixing-tube and in fixed relation thereto, the movable cone-nozzle whose smaller end is approximately equal in cross-section to the throat of the mixingtube, the collar which surrounds the mouth of the mixing-tube, the set-screw which holds the collar to the mixing-tube mouth, and pro jections from the rear of said cone-nozzle which are bent over and attached to said adjustable collar, substantially as described.

5. In a vapor-burning apparatus the combination of the mixing-tube, the vaporizingtube discharging into the mixing-tube and in fixed relation thereto, an adjustable cone located within the mouth 01": the mixing-tube and in the line of discharge from the vaporizing-tube, and means for centering said cone in the mouth of the mixing-tube, substantially as described.

Signed by me at New York, N. Y., this 7th day of January, 1899.

ARTHUR KITSON. lVitnesses:

LILIAN FOSTER, A. PARKER-SMITH. 

